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Flaxseed.

We are happy to inform our Agricultural friends, that within these few days, two cargoes of Flaxseed from New York, have arrived in Derry, containing, we understand, seventeen hundred hogsheads; and that a number of others are daily expected--so that an abundant supply is now certain, at a moderate price. There is a large quantity fof Riga and Dutch Seed already arrived. Several cargoes of American Flaxseed have likewise arrived in other parts of Ireland.

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Limerick, April 5. Monday last, William Torpy, aged 21, J. Burke, aged 22, and Danial Riordan, aged --, who were taken in the act of attacking [the] house of Thomas Dillane?, near Kilmall--, were, pursuant to their sentence at the last assizes, hanged at Ardpatrick Hill, in [the] presence of nearly 20,000 persons, to whom they declared most unequivocally the justice [of] their sentence, and entreated with much earnestness the country people to avoid evil comp[any] and nightly meetings. [portions illegible]

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Sentence of Antrim Rioters.

Arthur Skeffington to be imprisoned 12 months and whipped. William Jackson to be imprisoned 9 months and shipped. Robert Stewart, John Kelly, and Wm. Ada-- to be imprisoned six months.

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James Rea, James Shea, Thomas Fitzgerald, and Timothy Bryan, were executed on Thursday at Ballintaylor, pursuant to their sentence at the late Assizes of Waterford. We understand [that] all of them, except Rea, declared that they were not guilty of the crimes for which they suff--. Their bodies were interred on Friday in the yard of the County Gaol.

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Cork Assizes.--April 1. Breach of Promise of Marriage. This day a most interesting case came to be tried before the Hon. Solicitor General, in which Miss Austin, daughter of Thomas Austin, Esq. of Watertall, was plaintiff, and Lieutenant-Co-- Vereker, son of Colonel Vereker, M.P. of Limerick, was defendant. The damages were laid at £10,000. After the trial had closed, which did not occupy the Court very long, the Jury returned for about 20 minutes, and brought in a verdict for the Plaintiff--Damages £4000 with costs.

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Galway Assizes.

The Rev. Cornelius O’Mullan, v. Wm. M’Corkell, Proprietor of The Derry Journal. The Rev. Mr. O’Mullan brought his action against the Defendant for a Libel on the Reverend Gentleman, which appeared in The Derry Journal. The venue was laid in Galway, and the trial was had on Tuesday last, when the Jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff.--Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds damages, with costs.

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A diabolical intention to blow up part of [the] Jail of Ennis on Friday night by three men [that] are to be hanged in that town on Saturday next, was most fortunately discovered by private information which was given in this city; the apparatus and implements for the operation were found in the cells of the unprinciples wretches who hoped by the confusion that would naturally be created by the explosion, to escape from prison and elude the punishment that so justly awaits them.

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Saturday was executed at Cork pursuant to sentence, Michael Fleming, for attempting to poison a man of the name of Hall, in Waterford. His accomplice was hanged last Assizes at Waterford.

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Thomas Power, convicted of horse stealing [at] the late Assizes of Waterford, was hanged [in] front of the county gaol, on Saturday night, pursuant to his sentence. He did not address ... to the immense crowd assembled to witness [the] execution, but appeared very penitent, and quite resigned to his fate.

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Newry, April 1.--Francis O’Hara, who [was] convicted at Dundalk Assizes, for horse stealing and sentenced to be hanged on the 15th April has been respited until further directions.

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